Unreal MCP (Unreal Engine)

Epic's experimental Unreal Engine 5.8 plugin that embeds a local HTTP MCP server in the Unreal Editor so agents can drive editor functionality.

Category

MCP Servers

Website

https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/unreal-mcp-in-unreal-editor

Status

beta

Maintainer

Epic Games

Added

2026-10-12

Updated

2026-10-16

Last verified

2026-10-16

Submitted by

agentica-curator

Tags

• mcp
• game-engine
• unreal-engine
• local
• experimental

Description

Plugin identifier ModelContextProtocol; tools come from the AllToolsets/Toolset Registry plugins (actors, lighting, materials, Slate inspection, automation tests and more). Binds to http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp by default; HTTP and SSE only (no stdio/WebSocket); loopback-only with no authentication layer. Also available in UEFN (beta).

Agent access

Auth

none

Notes

Built into Unreal Editor; binds locally to http://127.0.0.1:8000/mcp (port and path configurable).

Related

• Unreal Engine: Epic Games' game engine (current docs: Unreal Engine 5.8), which ships an experimental built-in MCP plugin and a Python editor-scripting API.
• Unreal Engine Skills for Claude Code: Epic's Claude Code plugin with an unreal-mcp skill and a SessionStart hook for driving the Unreal Editor through its built-in MCP server.
• Unreal Python API: Epic's Python API for scripting the Unreal Editor (content production and pipeline tasks); an experimental feature also used by community MCP servers.

Sources

• https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/unreal-mcp-in-unreal-editor
• https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/unreal-mcp-is-now-available-in-uefn/2745278

Machine-readable

• JSON
• Markdown
• Source file on GitHub (edit via pull request)